Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
The Labour Department (LD) promulgated today (May 4) the revised “Code of Practice in Times of Adverse Weather and ‘Extreme Conditions'” (CoP). The revised CoP sets out the relevant guidelines in a reader-friendly and concise manner, reiterating the three major principles for formulating work arrangements under adverse weather and extreme conditions (including formulating work arrangements in advance, giving prime consideration to employees’ safety, and complying with requirements of labour legislation), and incorporating corporate examples for reference.
Formulate work arrangements* arrangements in respect of early release from work;
* arrangements in respect of work resumption (e.g. the number of hours within which employees should resume duty after the relevant warning signal is cancelled or the extreme conditions come to an end, when safety and traffic conditions allow);
* arrangements in respect of remote work (if applicable);
* arrangements regarding wages and allowances (e.g. calculation of wages and allowances in respect of reporting for duty); and
* arrangements for staff required to report for duty in times of adverse weather and extreme conditions,” a spokesman for the LD said.